Two aircraft already feature the new design including a LAN Airbus A320, servicing domestic routes within Chile and a TAM Airbus A321, serving domestic routes within Brazil.

Havana-based Cuban national airline Cubana has resumed flights between Havana and Fort-de-France, Martinique. The service, which made its first flight last Thursday, had not been operating since 2006.

BVI Airways announced that it has closed on the sale of the airline to a New York-based merchant bank, a move that significantly bolsters the carrier’s capital base in advance of proposed fleet and route expansion throughout the Eastern Caribbean.

British Airways has boosted flights to Berlin for winter 2014 by adding another direct service to the German capital.

In the wake of Delta Air Lines’ drastic change to its SkyMiles program, switching to a fare-based system instead of miles earned, JetBlue just raised the ante in what is sure to be a Frequent Flier Program war.